Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun sg] a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still more alarmist about the flow of skills and knowledge into the IT industry from the country 's research base was a committee that reported to the Department of Industry a couple of months ago . |
| 2 | On the verge of bankruptcy a couple of years ago , Hannibal was rescued by an American company in a deal which left Boyd in charge as manager of the label . |
| 3 | er which we stop for er we probably have a cup of tea a couple of times on the way down |
| 4 | I say publicly that they are mistaken in trying to push this Bill through in the face of severe and fierce opposition , not just from committed Labour supporters but from rank-and-file Conservatives and from people who have no particular political We were lucky enough to see my hon. Friend the Minister of State a couple of times , and we tried to explain to him how we in Leicestershire would lose out . |
| 5 | The company launched PowerHouse for the AS/400 in a blaze of publicity a couple of years ago , but has encountered problems that will be familiar to many software companies attempting to break into this market . |